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BBC News with David Austin.
Latest figures in the United States show many morejobs were created last
month than forecast 170,000although the unemployment rate was marginallyhigher.
Both the Obama and Romney presidentialcampaign seized on the numbers as they
campaigned hard in the swing states. Mark Mardellreports from Ohio.
It's just four more days until the election from the Ohio crowd shouted out
the support to anewly energized president. He said he wouldn't rest until every
American who wanted a job hadone, and that today's better than expected figures,
171,000 new jobs created in October wasthe most for eight months. But Mitt
Romney in Wisconsin, one another swing states said theslight rise in
unemployment to 7.9% show the economy had stagnated. He would putAmerica on a
better course. The figures themselves are unsurprising, but in a race this
tight,anything that could sway, just a few votes may really matter.
Five days after a huge storm wrecked parts of the United States
northeastern seaboard,frustration is growing among the victims. Many of whom are
still without fuel, and electricity.Motorists in New York have been queuing for
hours at petrol stations and workers arestruggling to restore power to millions
on the east coast. Steve Kingston is in New York.
Emergency crews are here, the debris is beginning to be cleared away, there
are bulldozers onthese streets. But there is a degree of anger from residents
who really feel that the authoritiesin the city should have done more, sooner to
help them.
I saw Nobody here yet, Nobody came to my door yet. Nobody, the storm was on
Monday night,it's now Friday, I still have nobody here, somebody get here help
us, please.
It really is hard to comprehend that this is New York city, financial
capital of the world. Andputting it all right, all towed, will cost billions and
take many months and perhaps a lot longer.
The Ugandan government says it will withdraw its forces from military
operations in Somalia,the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African
Republic. Two cabinet ministers saidthe troop withdrawals were in responds to a
UN report which suggested Uganda wassupporting rebels in the Democratic Republic
of Congo. Uganda has described the leakedreports as malicious. The security
minister is Muruli Mukasa.
We want to be in a good relationship with our neighbors, we want to be as
so fine as so we'vebeen, if by our action we are misinterpreted, please, we are
sorry. Let's stop all theseinitiatives. We will concentrate on ourselves.
Whoever wants to cause us trouble will find us atour home. Muruli Mukasa.
A BBC correspondent in Kampala says Ugandan withdrawl would have serious
implications forregional peacekeeping efforts.
This is World News from the BBC
A former minister in Britain's last Labour government is resigning as a
member of parliamentafter he was found to have made false expenses claims. A
parliamentary committee said thatDenis MacShan had submitted $20,000 worth of
false invoices. He said he regretted his actionsbut had not gained personally
from the money paid out.
Cuba has accused the United States of helping dissidents access the
internet as a part ofcampaign to undermine the Communist government. It said the
American diplomaticrepresentatives in Havana were providing training, finance
and technology to opponents of thegovernment. The US State Department said the
US interest section in Havana did provideinternet services to Cubans but denied
they were aimed at subverting the government.
The Cambodian government has approved the building of a controversial
hydroelectric damon a tributary to the Mekong River. The joint-venture involves
Cambodian, Chinese andVietinamese investment of nearly $800m. Environmental
campaigners warned it woulddevastate the livelihoods and homes of thousands of
people.
The church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has warned it may shut its
doors to pilgrimsbecause of a row over an unpaid water bill of more than $2m.
Many Christians believe theChurch to be the place where Jesus was crucified and
buried. Rond Ferurt has this report.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has traditionally being exempt from paying
for water, but thecompany has in recent years begun demanding that its bill be
settled. Church officials say theythought they'd clinched a deal with the water
firm, allowing them to start paying for futuresupplies, but writing off the
multi-million dollar debts. With the banking account frozen,hundreds of priests,
monks and teachers are going without pay. The church, the Holy Sepulchrenow says
that it may briefly close its door as a mark of the protest. Hundreds of
thousands ofChristians visit the church each year. It's being a place of
pilgrimage since the 4th century.
And that's the BBC News
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